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Using Photoshop and Lightroom together allows me to work completely non-destructively by opening my Raw images into Photoshop as Smart Objects.

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At the 9 minute 45 second mark you will see how I open files into Photoshop CC as Smart Objects (preserving the raw data without ‘rasterising’ or ‘baking in’ the Raw edits).Īnother movie example of these ‘smart’ workflows can be found: HERE 3. Double-clicking on the thumbnail in the Layers panel enables me to edit the original Raw data in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) that was first edited in Lightroom.Ī movie that shows my workflow that utilises both Lightroom and Photoshop CC can be viewed in the movie above. Lightroom users will immediately recognise that the feature set in Adobe Camera Raw is identical to the ones they use in Lightroom’s Develop module.Įach of these layers, in the illustration above, contains a Raw file. Capture One users will still have to be similar with Adobe Camera Raw adjustment features if they want to use Adobe Camera Raw as a filter (arguably the most powerful feature that differentiates Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC).

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Adobe Camera Raw, used to process Raw files and also used as a filter in Photoshop CC, is the same as the processing engine in the Develop module of Lightroom and is kept in sync with software updates. This feature is shared by Capture One but Photoshop CC does not share Capture One’s Raw processing engine. if I open an image from Lightroom into Photoshop and then save my edit in Photoshop, the edited version is automatically reimported and catalogued alongside the original image in my Library. The tight integration between Photoshop and Lightroom renders Lightroom the most time-efficient software to edit and organise my images in my opinion, e.g. They can also be ‘stacked’ so that the edited image appears on top of the original. Images open from Lightroom and edited in Photoshop CC are automatically catalogued alongside the original Raw file. For many photographers who use Capture One and also need Photoshop CC, that would effectively mean that they are more than doubling their capital outlay in software to organise and edit their images.

For a working Pro this is probably an insignificant amount of capital investment in their ‘tools of the trade’, but for a keen amateur on a budget this is possibly a factor to be taken into consideration. Capture One Pro is also available for subscription at a cost that is approximately 60% more expensive than Adobe’s creative Cloud.

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Each Capture One Pro update is equivalent to another year’s membership to the Creative Cloud Photography Plan. Note > The purchase price of Capture One Pro is still roughly equivalent to 32 months of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan membership. The investment in time required to learn a second piece of software does, however, have to be taken into account. Lightroom is therefore the most cost-effective software as I don’t have to make an additional purchase. Some photographers may choose to own two pieces of software that both perform a similar task and don’t mind the additional outlay.

If I am using Photoshop CC, I already have Lightroom CC bundled with my Creative Cloud subscription.

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This includes using the ‘Frequency Separation’ technique for skin retouching and creating composite images (texture overlays, adding flare or particle layers, replacing backgrounds or skies or even just adding text to an image).

I need to use Photoshop CC in my editing workflows as some of my editing tasks are simply not possible in any Raw editing application. If you have access to Photoshop CC from Adobe’s Creative Cloud then you already have access to Lightroom as part of your subscription 1. It does, however, highlight some of the workflow features that I find essential in my own imaging workflows. If you are already a Capture One user this article is NOT intended to convince you to switch to Lightroom as you may not need the features that I currently find valuable. Lightroom is, however, more suitable for my own personal imaging workflows for a variety of reasons.

I believe they both do a fine job and I am NOT claiming that Lightroom is somehow better than Capture One. This post is not intended as a comparison test between the Raw processing engines of Lightroom and Capture one. These are the reasons I choose to edit my Raw images using Adobe Lightroom and not Capture One Pro. Photographers usually choose their editing software to meet their individual editing needs – I am no exception.